Hello everyone! Welcome to a new walkthrough, brought to you by Laian. So, it's the month of Dreamcast apparently, which is really exciting, don't you think so? That also means the walkthrough of April will be a Dreamcast game. Yeah, that's a first and that's not a joke. And look what I got in store for you folks: a walkthrough of Shenmue, hurray! Oh boy, you must be so hyped like I was when I played this game for the first time. This brings back lot of memories for most of the people here. Maybe you (Yeah you! Staring at your screen! ) already played it or heard of this jewel. So for some people, it's going to be a discovery. For the others, a memory lane. Enough ramble, let's jump into it!

DISC 1

After that introduction scene, you start at Ryo's room. I think you understood what you have to do to complete the game. If you answered «retrieve these bad guys and kick their butt until they give you back what they stole last time», you are correct. But you need a lead. For starters, go to the desk, hold the R trigger and stare at the tape on the desk. Take the Shenmue tape, then open the drawers to find a tape player, a photo of your friends and another tape. You can save your progress if you interact with the bed. There is nothing else in this room to take so leave your room to talk to Ine-San. She will give you some cash. Now, before heading to the dojo and talk to our buddy, check the room to your right to find in the drawer a photo of your family. Go in the next room to the left to find some batteries in the furniture. Leave this room, enter the room to the far left to find on the desk the scroll called «Shadow reaper». This is a new fighting move you can learn if you go in your inventory and select the scroll. Leave the room and go to the right. Enter the room to your left to find a box of matches next to the altar. One of the drawers contains some candles. Now, open the door to the left, open the basket to the left to find the scroll «Twin Blades» (another fighting move to learn). Go right to enter the room of your father. Read the note on the desk, then check the drawer to find a box. Open it to find a mysterious key (1). Well, I guess it's time to go to the dojo. Go to the hall, check the drawer underneath the telephone to find a flashlight and go outside. The dojo is to the left.

After the discussion, go back in the dojo and check behind the two parchments. Hmm, what are these things? More of that later. If you haven't done that yet, learn the two moves you found and go save your progress if you want to. Otherwise, leave the residence and go explore the town. Keep in mind you can go back to the house at 20:00 in order to sleep and proceed to the next day. You can also train at 8:00 PM only. So I'm going to take the time to explain the training in Shemnue. Don't think it's like a RPG and you will increase the stamina, the strength... No. When you train in this game, you focus on either hand moves, throw moves, leg moves or all the moves. If you choose to train all the moves equally, everytime you will practice your moves at an empty spot (for example the parking at Dobuita), all the moves will be improved. However, if you focus on one specific category, all the moves belonging to that category will be improved only. The more you practice, the more powerful the move will be. You can also focus on specific moves. In order to do so, just select a category, then «yes» and select the skill you want to focus on. You can only choose one among all the moves you did learn so far. You can assign a move to the R trigger as well if you want to. That's all you have to know about training, now it's up to you for your training. Remember you can only train and sleep at 20:00, only at Ryo's room.

Time to explore the town and look for a lead. Most of the people will talk to you during the day. Ask them about the black car. Some don't know anything, but some other people will give you some hint. Actually, you can have a bit of a lead if you do a specific event first. During the day, go to the altar to trigger the event. Refer to the side mission «The kitten». The girl will tell you that Yamagashi-San almost got hit by the black car. You'll find him at his house, in the next area. Maybe he will tell you more about this. Go there, considering there is nothing else really important to do here. Go right then right again. You'll meet an old woman who's looking for someone. It's another side quest so refer to the side mission «Helping the old woman at Sakuragaoka». Pass by the teens and the guy who is fixing his bike and go in the next residence to the right. You'll see Yamagashi-San. He will tell you that the car went to Dobuita. Someone working in that part of the town may know something about that car. Actually, some people will tell you that the black car did splash mud on the woman at the flower shop. Go talk to her (2). She will tell you that Tom, the hot-dog seller, had an argument with the guys in the car. Go talk to him. He will tell you to ask the guy working at the travel agency in front of his shop. Go there and talk to the man. Fortunately for you, there's a Chinese restaurant here. You'll find it in front of the sport shop. Talk to the owner to learn something about the «Three Blades». You now have to find the cook, the tailor and the barber and talk to them. The names are written on your notebook, like any other useful information for your investigation. Check the map nearby the burger shop to find the said shops and talk to the owner. You'll get a new lead: Liu Barbershop. Go back to the burger shop, then go left and you'll find the barbershop to the left, on your way to Sakuragaoka. Enter the building, talk to the owner and go to Suzume Park to talk to Liu Senior. Suzume Park is written on the map as «Park». It's the one behind the butchery. Go there and talk to the old man (3). You will learn more about the Three Blades and Mister Lan Di. It looks like the Chinese Mafia is involved in this. And the only way to learn more about this is... talk to sailors. Where do we find sailors? Generally at the docks... or at the bars. Talk to Tom and he'll tell you that sailors like to hang out at bars at night. Well, thanks buddy. I think we will have a nice conversation with some drunken sailors next.

Now, you need to wait until night comes to enter the bars of Dobuita and probably find some sailors. Night starts at 19:00. Do some stuff, talk to people... Find a way to kill time in the meantime. A cutscene is triggered when it's time. I suggest you to go back to your room and save your progress first. Sailors are quite violent when they drank too much booze, we all know that. Now, locate MJQ Jazz Bar and go in. Two people are playing snooker. Go join them and make the shot. You can't really miss it. Press «A» twice and woohoo, you made it! The guy will give you the information. Time to head to that place now. Problem is... that bar is not on the map so you have to talk to some people until you know exactly where it is. The guy at Kurita Military Surplus has that information if you don't want to spend a ridiculous amount of time wandering around aimlessly. Go there once you got the information. You should see some stairs down near Linda Bar. It's where you'll find the Heart Beats. A cutscene will be triggered, showing a nice greeting committee. Press the buttons to get rid of the two drunken sailors and go in the building. Time for another quick time event. After that fight, you'll have to find a certain Charlie. He is a biker. Go to Knocking Motorcycle Shop. Oh shoot, he is not here. Well, I guess it's time to go back home and sleep.

The next day, go back to Knocking Motorshop Shop. Ok, he is not here. But the guy fixing the motorbike might know something about him. Ask him. You may have to interact with him twice if you haven't talked to him yet. Bingo, you now have a new information. Charlie stops by the jacket shop sometimes so go there. Talk to the owner until you got a new information. He stops by Jupitor's Shop around 19:00. There is another way to get that information. Talk to the owner of Yaokatsu Produce for another juicy information. Then, go talk to the cook at the Chinese restaurant. Nagai Industries is next to the shop Jeans Water Dragon. Find a door with a strange symbol above (4) and enter the building. Go upstairs, then enter the next room and talk to the guy sitting before the godfather. Now, you have to wait until night comes. Yeah, it's killing time, again. When the night has come, go to the jacket shop. You'll see your buddy. the drunken sailor, you know? The one you fought with his friend last time. This time, he doesn't want to fight you and kindly brings you to … an ambush. Time to fight him, his buddy and some other guys for real. No quick time event this time, you will use the techniques you already did learn. Take care of them. Unfortunately, even after that fight and some kind of torture, you don't know where Charlie is. All you know is some kind of tattoo parlor. Interesting, let's go there then and see. But first, we need to know where it is. Talk to Fuku-San and he will tell you that Akemi should know something about that. You'll find that person at Yokosuka's Bar. Oh boy, we need to wait until night time? Oh no! Let's talk to someone else, for example Amano at the bike shop. He will give you some informations about bikers. They like to go to You Arcade. Go there to find two bikers playing a game (5). Talk to them. They will tell you something about the tattoo parlor if you join their gang. You can either accept the offer and they will tell you to go to Okamaya Heights. It's the appartments behind Amano's shop. Go upstairs and look for a door with a poster. It's the tattoo parlor. It opens at 14:00 unfortunately. Go in to watch a cutscene. You'll see the two guys you beat last time. After the cutscene, press «A» then press the buttons to torture Charlie. Yep, you found Charlie. He will arrange an appointment with some guys from the cartel tomorrow at 3:00 PM, at the arcades. Go downstairs to see Nozomi. She is worried about you. Now you have to wait until tomorrow for the appointment.

The next day, you will train with Fuku-San at the dojo. There's more: after your friend Nozomi, it's his and Ine-San's turn to be worried about you. Ine-San will give you a letter written in Chinese. Sweet, we need to find someone who can read Chinese. Oh wait, the chief at the restaurant might be able to help. After that cutscene, go there. On your way to Dobuita, you'll see Charlie and his goons pestering a kid. Take care of them. The kid will be grateful and will say «Xie xie», which means «Thank you» in Chinese. Hmm yeah, I did learn a bit of Chinese a long time ago but that's besides the point. He will tell you his name Goa Wen and he is Chinese. Too bad, you can't ask him to translate the letter for you since he will go away after getting his soccer ball back. Anyway, looks like that letter will be your only lead now. Time to talk to Tao-San. Unfortunately, he can't translate the letter since it's old kanjis. Although, he will tell you to see Wang-San. But he is on delivery. Where? Maybe Nagai Industries? Go there. He should be standing before the vending machine next to the building, asking for a drink. Buy one for him. Well, same exact thing for him but he will tell you that Xia-San might help you. You'll find her at the Russiya China Shop. It's not that far from Nagai Industries actually, the second shop to its left. Go in to trigger a cutscene. Finally, you know what that letter talks about. Master Chen, a phone number and some kind of riddle. Go back home to trigger a cutscene, dial the phone number with the phone and answer «Comrades» then «Nine Dragons», which are the followings lines of that message written at the back of the letter. It's actually a password and you know have a new lead: the warehouse n°8.

You need to know where that warehouse is located. Talk to Nozomi, she will tell you that you can find the address with the phone number. There's a number assistance thingy written at the very first page of your notebook. Take a look at it, go back home and call the number assistance. Unfortunately, it will be futile so you'll have to find another way to get the address. Normally, Nozomi should call you afterwards and wants to see you at Sakuragaoka's park. It's about her feelings and the fact that she will return to Canada. But she can't seem to tell you about her feelings right now, nor you can. Ah, love is something really mysterious. Anyway, what other option do we have now in order to find an address, besides pestering people? The phone book! Check the drawer beneath the phone to find the phone book and use it. You must go to Amihama. Go to the Global Travel Agency then head to the bus stop. Each bus fare costs 160 yens. Keep in mind you must go back home so the whole trip will cost you 320 yens. This will end the disc 1.

DISC 2

The first thing you're going to do here is beat two thugs during a QTE. After this, you'll know where the warehouse n°8 is. Go there. Unfortunately, you can't enter the warehouse the casual way so you have to find another way in. I hope you like stealth part because here is one for you. Go behind the warehouse to find an open window. Move the crate nearby to get on the pile of crates and enter the warehouse by the window. Go to your right then to the last office to trigger a cutscene. Time to find the Old Warehouse District. Go back to the entrance and head straight from there. At the end of the line, you'll find a big gate. Unfortunately, you can't access that area. You have to come back tonight if you want to go in here. For now on, feel free to explore the harbor (there's a grocery and a cafeteria) or go back to Dobuita and wait until night time. There's actually an event that can help you to get an opportunity. Refer to the task «Bad girl» in the second part of the walkthrough. You now have to wait until 7:00 - 8:00 PM to get there. A little QTE will be triggered. Grab the flashlight in time and proceed to the stealthy part. Yep, you heard me perfectly. You have to sneak behind the guards and go to the warehouse n°8. Use the «A» to hide when you're near objects. If you are spotted, run and pray for finding the exact warehouse, otherwise you'll waste one day and restart the stealth part. Actually, it's not that hard. Stay where you are, wait until the guard coming from the east turns back and go where it came from. Then go left then right to find the warehouse n°8. Go in, go upstairs and knock on the door. Nobody's here. Check the board next to the door. Hmmm, that number is exactly the same as the phone number. Now, you must find a clue about Master Chen somewhere in this warehouse. Check the plate on the shelf to trigger a cutscene. You just met Master Chen. You'll learn the existence of another mirror: the Phoenix Mirror. It's hidden somewhere in your house and you must find it then go back and talk to Master Chen. You'll be instantly back at your room, the next day.

Go to the dojo, look at the sign to the left and use the stool to remove it and find a mysterious scroll. Talk to Ine-San then to Fuku-San. You'll talk to Ine-San afterwards and she will tell you that your father stored something important at an antique shop. There's one in Dobuita. You will find some move scrolls there as well but they cost a lot of money so buy them if you can afford them and if you haven't done that yet. After the cutscene, you'll get the sword handguard. You probably noticed the shape of that item. Remember the two slots at the dojo? Go back there. On your to the residence, you'll meet Master Chen's son. You can't beat him but you can't lose the fight either. At one point, he will stop fighting and reveal to you that he is your bodyguard. Also, during the cutscene, you'll be watched by a crazy guy on a roof. Head to the residence to talk to Fuku-San then Ine-San in the altar room. Go to the dojo and remove the left scroll to reveal the slot. Then use the sword handguard and open the chest to the right with the mysterious key you found at the beginning of the game. You'll find a sword inside. Use it on the other slot to find a secret passageway. Go down, use the flashlight and check the shelf to your right to find a box of matches and a candle. Light it with a match, check the shelf next to it to find the move scroll «Stab Armor» and check the red box nearby another candle. You'll find an old photo of your dad inside. Look everywhere to find a white leaf, a candle and a seal. The seal seems to be sealed unfortunately. Though, look next to the shelf to spot some scratches. Move it to find a suspicious wall. Grab the axe and break the wall to get the phoenix mirror. Time to call Master Chen and have a meeting with him. Head to the warehouse n°8 after the phone call.

During your conversation, that crazy man will interfere and steal the Phoenix mirror. Press the button shown on the screen to stop him and get the mirror back. You now have to find the Mad Angels, a gang linked to the Chinese cartel you're looking for. And go to Hong Kong. You will call it the day after a discussion with Fuku-San. Sleep to start a new day. The next day, you'll figure out that your bank account has lot of money. Not enough to go to Hong Kong though. Go talk to Fuku-San. After that discussion, you go talk to Ine-San and things don't go like you planned (blame Fuku-San for this... ). Anyway, you must find a way to get enough money to go to Hong Kong now. Go to Dobuita. On your way to Dobuita, you'll see Megumi looking for Tama. Help her to find the kitten. You'll find Tama behind the appartments nearby (6). After that event, go either to the Global Travel Agency or Asia Travel Company. You can go in both of the agencies if you want to. As you can see, the offer is cheaper at Asia Travel Company, even though the reputation is bad as far as people tell. The other offer is expensive but the guy knows how to work correctly. Either way, you'll get a pamphlet at the end of the discussion. Go back to the residence and talk to Fuku-San. He will help you with his savings. Unfortunately, it's not enough. Although, you tells you to go to Aida Florist. It's where Nozomi is. Now, if you are lucky, you may encounter the guy from the Chinese restaurant nearby Nagai Industries. He will tell you that a boat trip is less expensive. You'll get the same information if you ignore him and talk to Nozomi instead. Go to Asia Travel Company and ask for a boat trip. Now, you have to wait for 4 hours in order to get the ticket. Sadly, the woman won't be there and you won't get your ticket. However, expect a phone call from the dude you just met tomorrow. It might be important.

The next day, you'll get the phone call from Jimmy, who is the name of the guy you met at the agency yesterday. He asks you to be at You Arcade at noon, which leaves you some spare time to do some other stuff. When the time comes, you'll be at You Arcade. You won't meet Jimmy but that crazy guy you saw last time at the warehouse. And you have to fight him. He is really tough but he can be beaten if you spam a low and powerful attack. My tip is to train a bit before going there and set one of your best moves with the R trigger so you could spam it just by using the R trigger. I mostly used «Cyclone Kick» (set to the R trigger of course) and I beat him. It doesn't matter if you win this fight or not. Jimmy wasn't there and I guess it's time for a nice tchit-tchat. Though, depending of how the fight turned out, you might have to come back to the agency the next day or not. Go to the agency to start a QTE. At the end of the event, you'll catch Jimmy and that will end the disc 2.

DISC 3

So apparently, if you work at the harbor, the Mad Angels will harass you, considering they have that habit. Ok, time to go to the harbor and look for a job there. It's the only way to get close to the Mad Angels and learn more about them, that crazy skinhead, their boss and eventually Lan-Di. Go to the harbor then. While you're there, you may talk to Master Chen's son in order to learn a new move from scroll you found in the dojo basement and have the translation of the mysterious scroll (which appears to be a move written in secret move and only its original master can decode it), since it's written in Chinese. You'll have to call him twice though if you wish to learn the move and get the translation. You won't learn both of them at the same time and, after each discussion, you'll be back at the gate. As for the work, lot of people will say they don't hire anymore workers or you are too young to work... except for the guy in the warehouse n°18 It will tell you to go to the warehouse n°12. You'll see Goro there. He will ask you to be at the warehouse n°1 tomorrow at noon. Go to the appointment then to the Alpha Trading Offices at 2:00 PM.

Your first job will be how to move some crates with a forklift. Use the R trigger to move forward, the L trigger to move back, the X button to show the map, the A button to raise and lower the forklift ad obviously the direction pad to move. It's the first time you're controlling the forklift so the boss will go easy on you. The next days, there's a quota and, if you want a raise, you better reach that quota. Also, at the end of the day, outside the office, Mark will talk to you and will ask you to come early tomorrow, at 9:00 AM. You need to gather some informations about the Mad Angels. Talk to some people. Around 8:00 PM, nearby the offices, the homeless should be attacked by two riders. Complete the QTE and go back home. Save your progress and sleep to start a new day of work. The reason why you start at 9:00 AM is because you'll race the other workers with your forklift. I think you can get a good prize if you finish in first place but it's optional. To tell the truth, I finished in 4^th place *facepalm*. Anyhoo, after that race, the real job starts. You must bring 10 crates to the warehouse n°18. Use the map if you are lost with the X button. I'm also quite sad that it's the only part of the game in which you can really work for money. It would have been hyped to help the people outside New Yokosuka Harbor by doing some deliveries here and there or half-time jobs. Anyway, that's my opinion.

During lunchtime, Mark will be harassed by two guys from the Mad Angels. Take care of them. Apparently, Master Chen and the mad Angels are rivals. Hmm interesting, thanks Mark. Kill some time now until you are back to work. When you're on the way to place the tenth crate inside the warehouse, three guys (probably from the Mad Angels) will harass you. Take care of them and carry on your work until the end of the day. After getting your pay, Goro will talk to you outside the office. Go left to meet your bodyguard. He will teach you a new move called «Swallow Dive» (if you accept the offer of course) then talk to you. Head to the exit, then turn back to meet the homeless. Accept his offer and you'll learn «Shadow step». You can now go to warehouse n°4 if you want to practice your moves. Go home, save and sleep to call it the day.

New day of work means a little race for starters, then you have to work until lunchtime. Remember you can train at the warehouse n°4 when you have some spare time. Finish your work afterwards. You'll be harassed by some dudes at one point during the afternoon. Typical from the Mad Angels. Take care of them and you'll get an information about the Mad Angels. Go to the warehouse n°17 to see Mark being beaten by some dudes. Take care of them and Mark will tell you that he's looking for his brother but he is probably dead. Also, his brother knew there was some kind of black market deal with... a Chinese cartel. Surely the one behind your father's death. Head to the entrance to meet the homeless who will improve the «Shadow Step» move. Now, it's called «Shadow Blade» and you can strike after sliding behind your opponent. Talk to him afterwards to know that a group of bikers like to hang out near the cafeteria at night. Time to go home and call it the day.

Work until lunchtime. Nozomi will come with another person and you will have to choose between two photos. I suggest you to take the one to the left, don't ask me why. The answer is obvious. Now, it's spare time until you have to go back to work. After finishing up work, wait until night time and go near the cafeteria. As the homeless said, bikers like to hang out there and you'll be attacked by three of them including our dear buddy Charlie. Complete the QTE and face him with some dudes. After beating him, you'll get a new information. Lan Di is still here. Maybe we catch him and make him pay for your father's death before it's too late. Go back home after the discussion to call it the day.

A new day of work begins. During the afternoon, you'll see Goro taking a beating by some dudes. Complete the QTE and finish your work. Mark will talk to you and tell you something about that deal. Now, head to the entrance to meet the homeless. Yep, you'll learn a new move called «Cross Charge». Now, find Mark in order to get another lead. Two people, Tony and Smith, talked about a deal. Long Zha deal, maybe? In any case, it's interesting. Go home and call it the day.

The next day, your task will be a bit tougher than usual but you should get used to it real quick. You have to take a crate from your starting point, then go to the warehouse n°8, put the crate there and take one from the warehouse n°8 in order to put it to the warehouse n°18. During lunchtime, Goro and Mai will come and tell you that they are getting married. Good for them, I guess. You'll be attacked during the afternoon by Tony and Smith. Follow the guy with the tan to get another information. The boss of the Mad Angels is Terry. After that, you'll get your money and a message from your bodyguard. You'll be at the warehouse n°8, talking to Master Chen and his son. He suggests you to stop your thirst for revenge. We should but we won't do that. We're almost close to our goal so why should we stop? Go back home and sleep.

After a nocturnal stroll, you get a phone call. Nozomi has been kidnapped by Terry and he is waiting for you behind the warehouse n°17. There's a problem: there's no bus at this hour. Good news though: it's time to be born to be wild! You don't get the reference, right? Turn right when you face Abe's Store at Sakuragaoka. You'll see a motorbike (7). Call Ito with the device in order to «borrow» the bike and go to the harbor. This is my favorite part of the game. You must reach the harbor within the time limit. Watch out for the walls on the road. Face the guys in order to meet Terry. You'll get Nozomi but he will ask you to take down Master Chen's son. Bring Nozomi back to her home and sleep.

The next day, you'll see Tom then you'll be kindly fired by your boss. Go back to Tom so you will learn a new move called «Tornado Kick». Sadly, Tom goes back to USA after a last lunch with you.

Night is coming and you'll face Gui Zhang. I like this fight to be honest. It's scripted but I like how scripted it is. It's like a wrestling match... with only two spectators. Anyway, you'll have to dodge a cheap attack from Terry with a heavy weapon at the end of the fight. You'll suddenly chase him, then lose him and finally fight the gang. When I mean «the gang», I mean everyone. Gui Zhang is here to help you but that part is really challenging. You must use all you did learn so far and dodge to beat these guys. There are three bosses, just in case you're wondering. The second boss with the steel bar is the toughest one. You can recover your health during this fight if you run away. You can't run forever but at least you can run enough time to recover some health. After beating all the gang, Gui Zhang will face Terry. Disarm him when the button appears and let Gui Zhang give the coup de grace to Terry. Unfortunately, you'll learn that Lan Di is gone, for real this time. Well, it's time to go to Hong Kong and seek for him. Save your progress and sleep. You deserve a long rest after that day, don't you?

The next day, Fuku-San gives you some money, on behalf of Ine-San and himself. At the harbor, you'll see Master Chen and Gui Zhang. Gui Zhang wants to go with you to Hong Kong. Master Chen will teach you one last move: the «Swallow Flip». After that, you'll be attacked by the skinhead, also known as Chai. This fight is quite long and challenging. Beat him then, after the cutscene, finishing him with the QTE. Gui Zhang can't go with you because of the injury. But he promises that he will come to Hong Kong when he will be fully recovered. Master Chen gives you the address of a master from Hong Kong. Watch the final cutscene and save your progress. Congratulations, you completed Shenmue.

Now, to conclude this walkthrough, here is a few events and extra things you will find out while playing the game. Those are apart for a reason: I forgot to insert them in the walkthrough ha ha. So here we are, with some more stuff. Some events are optional (like the lottery) but you will trigger some of them during your progress (or accidentally, like me ).

-HELPING THE OLD WOMAN AT SAKURAGAOKA-

You'll trigger this event the first you'll explore Sakuragoaka. Nearby the vending machines, you'll see her. She is looking for a certain Yamamoto. Go check the map to the left to see that Yamamoto's house is... right to your left. Check the sign next to the gate and go find the old woman at Sakura park. You won't get any reward but look at the bright side: you helped an old woman. Ah, one more thing: if you want to help her, do not go talk to Yamagashi-San. Looks like the mission can't be completed if you do so. Well, that's what happpened when I tried to complete the task after talking to the old man. Imagine my reaction afterwards. Ugh...

-THE KITTEN-

At the very beginning of the game, when you go to Sakuragoaka for the first time, you'll see a girl petting a kitten. You will have to give some food to the kitten as your first task. Choose the fried fishes. Now, you have to bring milk and fried fishes to this kitten frequently if you want to keep her in good health. A few days later, you'll see the little girl again and, this time, you'll have to name the kitten. Choose «Tama». It's apparently how her big sister called a cat long, long ago. Sasuke would have been great but it's a female so... yeah. Just go with Tama. It's fine. That event is on for a good part of the game, until Negumi can keep the kitten at home thanks to her mom.

-BE CAREFUL WITH THE BALLOON!-

This event is triggered the second day after your father's death. Two kids are playing football and one of them will accidentally miss his shot. You have to press the specific button to stop the balloon or else it will bump your chest and end on the little girl's head. Just a little quick time event, nothing too hard.

-THE TWO THUGS-

At one point of the game, at Dobuita, you will accidentally bumped into Laurel and Hardy. Nah I'm kidding, it's just a fat guy and a thin guy. They want you to apologize for messing with them. It's a little quick time event in which you have to press the buttons shown on the screen. Easy like ABC.

-THE DRINK-

This event will be triggered when you'll be nearby a vending machine in Dobuita, a few days after the incident. That guy should be familiar. Correct, he works at the Chinese restaurant. He wants a drink but he doesn't have any money. Buy the drink for him, preferably an orange juice. He will be grateful to you, of course. You could stop by the restaurant and say hello to him and the cook anytime you want, like he said (and try the Chef's speciality yum yum :3 ). That event is repeatable.

-TECHNIQUE: DOUBLE BLOW-

This is a technique that Yamagashi-San can teach you. You'll find him at Suzume Park, behind the butchery in Dobuita. He was talking to your father while drinking a glass of sake. That sounds weird if you don't believe in ghosts or wandering souls. Anyhoo, accept the offer then execute the moves to perform the technique. You can train more if you want to. You now can use the technique «Double Blow».

-TECHNIQUE: PIT BLOW-

I accidentally triggered this event while I was looking for that tattoo parlor. I don't know if you can do it earlier but you need to go to the dojo and meet Fuku-San. He is training and trying to master the technique «Pit Blow». Unfortunately for him, his moves are not smooth and will get hurt a bit. He asks you if you can teach him how to perform that move correctly, since your father can no longer do that. You can «decline» but you won't learn the move as well so «give a demo». Press the left arrow button and the punch button to perform the move. You can train a bit more afterwards if you want to. After that training, you will learn the technique called «Pit Blow».

-A FIGHT AT THE PARK-

Another event I accidentally triggered when I was going to look for some more informations about the tattoo parlour. Yeah, I have the habit to find some stuff without being aware of their existence. When you're in Sakuragaoka, go towards the park to trigger this event. Yeah, two thugs are pestering Nozomi and a little kid. Silly reason: one of the thugs has been hit by the toy. You come just in time to teach them a lesson they will remember for the rest of their life. It's not a quick time event, just a regular fight so beat these two goons. It shouldn't be that hard but watch out for the big guy. He is a bit tougher than his buddy.

Somewhere in the New Warehouse District, two guards will put an old man out of a warehouse. He wants a can of coffee. Go buy one at the vending machine nearby and give it to him. You'll befriend him afterwards.

-BAD GIRL-

You'll trigger this event nearby the Alpha Trading Building. Looks like that girl has a problem with her sister. She asks you to talk to her. Accept and go find her. You'll find her behind the warehouses to your left. The two girls hanging out with her will attack you. Take care of them during a QTE and report back to Hisaka-San. That task is really helpful when you're looking for a way to go to the warehouse n°8 in the Old Warehouse District.

-THE LOTTERY-

If you buy some stuff at Tomato Convenience Store (or the Harbor Lounge once you reach the harbor), you will probably draw a ticket and eventually win a prize. You can only do that if you buy merchandise like cassette tapes. The percentage of chances of getting something out of the drawing is really really low. I got lucky once and won the fifth prize which was... a figurine. Well, a jet Opa-Opa figurine, wooo. Ok, that's better than nothing but wooo. Just wooo. Abe's Store at Sakuragaoka also has the lottery thingy.

-MORE MOVES AT THE ANTIQUE SHOP-

Like I said at one point during the walkthrough, when you get the sword handguard, some moves can be bought as scrolls at the antique shop in Dobuita. There are six to buy, going from 500 yens to 3000 yens.

-ALTERNATE ENDING-

There is a «bad ending to this game but you'll need some patience if you want to watch it. You need to skip to 1987, April the 15^th. The game starts on 1986, November the 29^th. Yeah, that's a few months to wait. Actually there's a tip. When you reach the stealth part at the harbor, fail at the QTE with the flashlight (or the stealth part to the warehouse n°8). You'll retry the event but one day will be passed. Repeat that until the D-day. And no, I won't spoil the bad ending. I think you pretty much have an idea, right? Otherwise, go find by yourself ;D

Well, that's all for this walkthrough, folks. I hope you enjoyed it. Shenmue 2 is planned, obviously. And we shall see if Ryo will find and take care of Lan Di, the murderer of his father. But that can wait until next time. Until the next walkthrough, take care folks. Laian out, bye